AMD or Intel

[d3moliti0n]

Ok, in about a weeks time I will have £300 to spend on a new motherboard, CPU and a few other items. I have already ordered the PSU, memory and SATA HDD:

PSU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-BQ

Memory - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS

HDD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA

My question now is, do I go AMD with one of these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328 and this motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-339-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1481

Or do I go Intel with one of these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-339-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1672 and this motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-248-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

And will that PSU be ok with either of those choices (including overclocking) or will it only run one or the other? Also, will I need an aftermarket cooler to OC both of those chips or will a stock cooler be ok up to a certain point?

Also, after that, I will have a bit of money left over, I don't know whether to go for a 30GB SSD for my OS or to go for a new keyboard/mouse as my current ones are getting on a bit (but still work well). Also, I've never used an SSD before, where would it actually 'go' in my computer? Like, where would it fit in the case if I was to buy one?

 

[d3moliti0n]

How much will those be? Will there be a big price difference?

Also, is it worth buying an SSD for my operating system? Will I notice a significant difference or will it be equally as fast at loading up etc. with that HDD?

 

[d3moliti0n]

Finally we haven't mentioned graphics cards - You're going for integrated graphics and you have little or no interest in first person games?

I already own a graphics card thats just under a year old: Point of View GeForce GTX 260 (216 core) Exo edition, 896MB. I don't see the point in upgrading yet as I assume it's still a powerful and relevant GPU that will be able to run current and upcoming games at high graphics settings, it's just the rest of my system that needed upgrading as I'm currently running a 2GHz E2180 dual-core system with only 2GB of ram on Windows XP.

 

[d3moliti0n]

I highly doubt I will be overclocking it that much, just a bit of an OC on the CPU to get a bit more out of it for gaming. I would say just another couple of GHz or so. As long as I can get games running well on the machine then I won't be aiming for big OC's etc.

Do you think that will be ok with that PSU?

 

[d3moliti0n]

When are the sand bridge cpu coming out ?

The 9th January by the looks of it.